600 monuments on this site

This website shows the monuments erected all over the world with a relation to Christopher Columbus, his companions and their early voyages to America.
En este sitio encontrarás una descripción ilustrada de los monumentos erigidos en honor a Cristóbal Colón, sus compañeros y sus primeros viajes a América.

On October 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus set foot upon one of the Bahamas. The Age of
Discovery had begun. Columbus became a metaphor for discovery, adventure, bravery, daring and perseverance. He set into motion a series of historical events
that resulted in an entirely new world.
The first monument for Columbus was erected on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the discovery, in 1792, in Baltimore, Md. In the same time there was a serious movement afoot to rename the United States of America "Columbia." That goal was not achieved, but the capital district was given the name District of Columbia, and several cities across the United States were named Columbus or Columbia. In the 19th century about a dozen other monuments were erected to honor the Admiral.
By the 400th anniversary, all of North America joined in a celebration that lasted an entire year. Italian Americans raised the money necessary to erect a giant monument to Columbus in New York City's Central Park. Exhibits, parades, and festivities throughout the country culminated in Chicago at the World's Columbian Exposition.
In that year and the following years Columbus monuments mushroomed all over the world, especially in the United States. My research on the WWW and during my holidays resulted in over 400 memorials all over the world. This website has the intention to list and illustrate these monuments.